I am the future, I am the past

And yes, Becker, I did bring you back a souvenir. It’s a Spinosaurus tooth.

// a tree kangaroo, a black panther and the ever adorable red panda.

// a green tree python, two different cobras and the greatest turtle who ever lived, The Fly River Turtle.

// white snake, black snake, one, two, three two twin boas sitting in a tree. Oh, and their lizard pal, Abigail.

// here you are, Abby.

// a happy brown bear reveling in the sunlight. I know the feeling.

// warning against poachers or anomaly site gone wrong?

// some more tigers. It was feeding time so they were understandably aggreable and posed for photos. [ the circle of life plays distantly in the background ]

And right outside were…Helen and Nick (during the good ol’ days)? Becker and Jess? Matt???

// more birds. The flashy one in the third picture is a Victoria Crowned Pigeon.

// the garden of Eden Now with deforestation! The Ibis is a nice touch, though.

// "preening preening preening ...hey, whatchu lookin' at?" More bloody birds. (I love them, really.)

// my favorite little raptor bird who must've been a few links in the evolutionary chain closer to his prehistoric cousins than the chickens, if the way his head was moving was any indication. And a big, boreal forest dwelling sod who was making good use of his beak for digging. (Probably for tasty roots and yummy bulbs. He'd have been a good help in the Cretaceous.)